COMDTINST 1541.1
June 1 1998
a.
Cutters 180 feet in length or greater. All cutter personnel assigned to team billets
during an underway watch, a restrimaneuvering evolution, or special sea detail, as
determined by the commanding officer, shall receive TCT.
(1) Unit training shall include TCT as a biennial requirement for the personnel described
above, per an approved pending change to chapter four of reference (a). Commands
(including area units) shall request biennial exportable training through the parent
district TCT administrator and shall be part of a district-wide training plan. Unit-
level team training requires the attendance of senior supervisory personnel (e.g., cutter
Cos and XOs) to advocate TCT principles and to empower junior personnel to use
amongst the "larger team" that assists in Coast Guard mission prosecution and the
"smaller team" members at the worker level. As needed, based on periodic self-
assessment, cutters shall conduct departmental training to reinforce selected skills
using unit supervisory personnel as facilitators. Training materials for this purpose
have already been delivered and are discussed in more detail in paragraph 7.d. below.
(2) Commanding officers and executive officers receive TCT as part of Command and
Operations School pipeline training.
(3) Operations officers receive TCT either as part of the Command and Operations
School training under the POPS (major cutter) course curriculum, the POPS non-
flight deck cutter course curriculum (pending development), or by attending the TCT
Cutter Operations course as billet-specific required training per an approved pending
change to reference (a). This training provides the graduate with adequate knowledge
to conduct departmental training as needed to reinforce the biennial exportable unit-
level training required in subparagraph (1) above and conducted by a trained TCT
facilitator.
b.
Cutters less than 180 feet in length. All cutter personnel .assigned to team billets during
an underway watch, a restricted maneuvering evolution, or special sea detail, as
determined by the commanding officer/officer-in-charge, shall receive TCT.
(1) Unit training shall include TCT as a biennial requirement for the personnel described
above, per an approved pending change to chapter four of reference (a). Commands
shall request biennial exportable training through the parent district TCT
administrator and shall be part of a district-wide training plan. Unit-level team
training requires the attendance of senior supervisory personnel (e.g., cutter COs and
XOs) to advocate TCT principles and to empower junior personnel to use them.
Senior member attendance also permits open communications between leaders
amongst the "larger team" that assists in Coast Guard mission prosecution and the
"smaller team" members at the worker level. As needed, based on periodic self-
assessment, ready for operations inspections, standardization team visits, or training
team visits, cutters shall conduct departmental training to reinforce selected skills
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